Poppy's POV

　　I watch him, the way his eyes linger on the space she once occupied, the way his hand absent-mindedly traces patterns into the mahogany table. Nathan Chambers may be King of the Luparian Kingdom, but at this moment, he's nothing more than a lovesick pup clinging to the memory of Ally Cardenas.

　　"Another glass, my lord?" I offer, voice laced with honeyed concern as I pour the Amber liquid, hoping it will dull the edges of his ...